Jesse (Jesdo Software)
Ars Technica50 Years of Text Games parses the rich history of a foundational genre
Zork and MUD ? Sure. But also Universal Paperclips , AI Dungeon and Lifeline .
Lizard@arstechnica Backed it, got my digital rewards, looking forward to the dead tree edition!
Peter Mount@arstechnica My copy of this arrived yesterday
HawkmoonMuds were such a radical idea.
Ben@arstechnica I guess I was too late with https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/adventure-gen/id6449946881 😋
ferricoxide@arstechnica
I still remember playing Oregon Trail and Star Trek on our Apple II, in the late 70s, and then playing Nethack on the Vax at the local university's computer lab in the early 80s (part of my school's gifted program was a partnership with the local university that gave us lab time on their Vax ...which, if you were able to complete exercises early meant you got to play Nethack to kill time). Started playing the Wizardry series, at home, around that time, too (though I stopped after Wizardry III because their attempts at graphics were becoming too distracting).
I still remember playing Oregon Trail and Star Trek on our Apple II, in the late 70s, and then playing Nethack on the Vax at the local university's computer lab in the early 80s (part of my school's gifted program was a partnership with the local university that gave us lab time on their Vax ...which, if you were able to complete exercises early meant you got to play Nethack to kill time). Started playing the Wizardry series, at home, around that time, too (though I stopped after Wizardry III because their attempts at graphics were becoming too distracting).
Nahga@ferricoxide @arstechnica
Did not know about this until recently.
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990
Did not know about this until recently.
https://archive.org/details/msdos_Oregon_Trail_The_1990
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JenX@arstechnica
Dammit, Ars... this is the kind of targeted advertising that works on me. Nice job.
Dammit, Ars... this is the kind of targeted advertising that works on me. Nice job.
Hugo Labrande (moved to digipres.club)
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@arstechnica @aaronareed Eagerly awaiting my copy!
♍️ Heather 👩🏻🦯@arstechnica @alpuzz I miss Zork.
Al Puzzuoli@PynkEmber @arstechnica @alpuzz Oh man I know! I was so excited when Infocom released Return to Zork in the 90s or whenever that was, and then so disappointed when I realized the game was inaccessible.
@arstechnica Does anyone know where some of these games can be played now? Were they ever ported to Windows, MacOS, or Linux?
@arstechnica looks great but can't afford it. Hoping I can get my hands on a free copy.